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Panel charge not dependent on incident light angle
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Description

At the moment, time of day is the only apparent determining factor for solar panel charge. I should be rewarded for considering incident angle on the panels when I am charging or roving, to pick better strategies for energy management.

When roving into a crater with the sun behind the rover:

  • Base charge is e.g. 6W
  • On entering the crater, rover nose dips down, and sunlight is more oblique, so charge should decrease, e.g. 4W
  • Driving up the far side of the crater the sun approaches the panel's normal, so charge should increase e.g. 10W

Details

Legacy ID
2228166882
Severity
None
Resolution
Fixed
Reproducibility
Always
Steps To Reproduce

All driving at a particular time of day generates the same charge, even when panels are pointed further than 90 degrees from sun (steeply driving down can place sun under panels).

Event Timeline

Bohemia added a project: Restricted Project.May 9 2016, 9:53 AM
lipatden edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Sep 2 2013, 9:20 PM
lipatden set Category to category:suggestions.
lipatden set Reproducibility to Always.
lipatden set Severity to None.
lipatden set Resolution to Fixed.
lipatden set Legacy ID to 2228166882.May 9 2016, 9:53 AM
Dram added a comment.Sep 4 2013, 6:32 AM

Yes, this is planned

Dram added a comment.Oct 11 2013, 12:28 PM

Fixed, now it is taken into account. Available in today's upcoming build